Fabrice T. Banyingela

Fabrice Tshiyoyi Banyingela Professor Amber Oldenburg  (BYU-Idaho) FHGEN120 - Internet and Computer Skills  13 January 2024 My social media experience. Social media is a popular free platform for virtual communication and expression of thoughts. It requires an electronic device and stable data communication. There are thousands of social media applications, each with its advantages and disadvantages. This paper explores two popular social media platforms, comparing their similarities and differences, and deciding on the preferred one. Six Degrees was established in 1997 and is the first recognizable social media platform, allowing users to upload profiles and form friends. But in 2004, MySpace, became the first social media site to reach a million monthly active users, marking the beginning of social media as we know it today. Nowadays, we have hundreds of social media with more than millions of users each. Among the exhaustive list of them, we find ourselves in a ...

FamilySearch Research Wiki and RootsWeb Wiki are user-contributed and online genealogy resources with distinct features that offer information and resources for genealogical research. Both sites use online forums, mailing lists, and other resources to help users research their family history. Although both Wikis may have multiple similarities, they differ in some functionalities. The FamilySearch Research Wiki for example, users can search using basic, advanced, or namespaces list options, with advanced options for images, help articles, categories, discussion pages, users, or policies. The wiki also includes a link to an article about genealogical research methodologies for the Bahamas. On the other side, RootsWeb Wiki acts like a digital version of The Redbook and The Source and features basic and advanced search options. I will recommend the FamilySearch Research Wiki because it offers several advantages over the RootsWeb Wiki for genealogical research. It provides comprehensive res...